Bart sneaks out of school and finds himself at a party for Mayor Quimby's nephew, Freddy — but when Freddy gets in trouble for allegedly assaulting a French waiter, Bart must choose to keep his mouth shut about the ordeal or expose the truth and admit that he cut school to see it happen. ----!!This episode contains examples of:* ActorRoleConfusion: Bart and Chief Wiggum address Ranier Wolfcastle as [=McBain=].* ArtisticLicenseLaw: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d for once. The judge acknowledges that re-opening the case when she does is grossly unconstitutional, but she 'just can't say no to kids'.* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler:When Bart argues that having Freddy acquited cancels out his skipping school, Skinner gives him three months detention. Then he says "Wait", as if he's going to take it back, only to give him ''four'' months.]]* BookDumb: Homer didn't know the meaning of words like "deadlocked", "sequestered" or "if" until Principal Skinner explained them to him.* CourtroomEpisode* CrazyPrepared: Homer's fake glasses, which he brings to jury duty, only for them to be taken from him. They show up again at the end of the episode when Marge tries to tell him about what she's been doing. Marge instantly notices, and takes them from him, along with the two spares.* CreatorCameo: MattGroening as the courtroom sketch artist.* {{Determinator}}: Skinner will stop at nothing to get Bart back into the classroom. When Bart destroys a bridge, Skinner just ''walks through the river''.--> '''Bart:''' Oh my god. He's like some sort of... [[BuffySpeak non... giving-up... school guy!]] ** {{Trope Namer|s}}: NonGivingUpSchoolGuy. * DisproportionateRetribution: Bart skipped school and when he confessed to it so Freddie Quimby wouldn't be sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit, Skinner gives him four months detention.* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Skinner notices a chewed wad of gum on the ground and tastes it:--> '''Skinner''': His brand of gum: Doublemint. Trying to double your ''fun'', eh, Bart? Well I'll double your ''detention''! Heh... I wish someone was around to hear that.* ForgedLetter: Bart creates one as an excuse to skip school.-->''Please excuse my handwriting, I busted whichever hand it is I write with. Signed, Mrs. Simpson''* FreudianSlip: When Homer [[RogueJuror deliberately deadlocks the jury]] by voting innocent instead of guilty:-->'''Homer:''' I'm only doing what I think is right. I believe Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel.* GoodCopBadCop: Skinner and Groundskeeper Willie try this on Lisa after Bart skips school, but it fails because they both keep forgetting whether they're supposed to be Good Cop or Bad Cop.* HollywoodNewEngland: Freddy, like all the Quimbys, has a Kennedyesque Boston accent. In fact, his insistence that the French waiter pronounce chowder "correctly" as ''chowdah'' is the whole reason the trial is taking place.* ImagineSpot: Bart has one when Skinner passes him when exiting the jury box:--> '''Skinner''': I can't wait until the sentencing part. That's where I ''really'' shine!\\(Bart has a daydream where Bart's on trial and Skinner's the judge)\\'''Skinner''': Bart Simpson, for the heinous crime of hooky, I sentence you to a lifetime of hard labor in the cafeteria!\\(flashes forward to the future, where Bart is serving the sons of the school bullies)\\'''Bart''': (now with a hoarse voice, a la Lunchlady Doris) More cream corn, Jimbo Junior?\\'''Jimbo Junior''': This cream corn tastes like cream ''crap''!\\'''Bart''': Watch the potty mouth, honey.** At the beginning of the episode, while riding to school, Bart sees a pond and imagines himself hanging out on a raft with [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn Huckleberry Finn]] and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. Later, while he is at the pond, he sees a raft with two figures approach, assuming his fantasy is coming true. But it turns out to be two creepy men who offer to show Bart a dead body.* InfantImmortality: [[RefugeInAudacity Hilariously]] averted in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5TwOkuQCeE McGarnagle clip.]]* JuryDuty: Homer's reaction to being summoned for it was wanting to make Freddy pay for it.* KarmaHoudini: Played with. Freddy Quimby didn't do anything to the waiter except act like a jerk, so he did deserve a not-guilty verdict. On the other hand, he was also a massive jackass, and it's very easy to see why the jury would believe he assaulted the waiter (and he even did so in a deleted scene). [[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-the-boy-who-knew-too-much-96279 One review]] of the episode said that part of what made it interesting was that beating up the waiter was probably the only thing Freddy ''wasn't'' guilty off.* TheKlutz: [[spoiler: TheReveal as to where the French waiter's injuries ''really'' came from. Freddy teased him a little, then got distracted by a bottle of champagne and walked off with it. The waiter promptly slipped and stumbled around the kitchen, brutally beating himself against various appliances. The case is made when the waiter, standing up to protest this as defamation, undergoes a similar experience in the courtroom before falling into the back of an open truck carrying a load of mousetraps.]]* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Marge mentions an uncle who used to say "Shoot 'em all and let God sort it out." And he preceded to do just that.-->'''Marge''': It took 75 federal marshals to bring him down. Now let's never speak of him again. ** And then Marge actually does speak of him again when she tells Bart to listen to his heart, and not the voices in his head like a certain uncle did.* LostMyAppetite:--> '''DaChief''': Well [=McGarnagle=], Billy is ''dead''! They slit his throat from ear to ear!\\'''[=McGarnagle=]''': Hey! I'm trying to eat lunch here!* NeverMyFault: Skinner looks for Bart in all the places he thinks a boy would go for fun, but when he can't find him at the museum or the 4-H club (which is long abandoned), he considers "Am I so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong."* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Bart suddenly has the ability to read Skinner's and Homers minds, and they both know it.* NoSympathy: When discussing the "slouch-eliminating" chairs:--> '''Milhouse''': (slurring) I lost all feeling in the left side of my body. (tries to lift hand but fails)\\'''Edna Krabappel''': Yeah yeah.* NotHelpingYourCase: When Freddy's attorney says it's ludicrous that his client would attack someone for the way he says chowder, Freddy snaps back "That's 'chowdah'! ''Chowdah!'' '''''IllKillYou I'll kill all of you! Especially those of you in the jury!'''''"** Even worse is that he was almost home free at that point.** [[spoiler:In a deleted scene, Freddy walks out of the courthouse, only to grab the waiter demanding to say 'chowdah' correctly. And the cops pull him back inside.]]* PaperThinDisguise: While skipping class, Bart found Homer and then hid before Homer saw him. To avoid getting caught for skipping class, Bart pushed his hair forward in hopes Homer wouldn't recognize him. Homer, on the other hand, actually saw and recognized Bart but was too afraid of getting caught for skipping work to care about the boy skipping classes so he put a hair comb on his face to pass it as a mustache. They pretended not to recognize each other.** Homer's fake glasses, which don't hide the fact he's snoring and drooling in court.* ReCut: Homer is watching ''FreeWilly'', but instead of making the famous jump, the whale doesn't and crushes the boy.-->'''Homer:''' Oh, I don't like this new director's cut.* RogueJuror: Homer deadlocks the jury for the sole purpose of staying sequestered and enjoying the free hotel room and amenities it entails.* SavedByTheAwesome: Bart tries to invoke this, explaining that if he hadn't skipped school an innocent man would have gone to prison, and thus should not be punished for it. [[spoiler:Skinner gives him three months detention anyway, stating that he's a "small, petty man." Then he adds an extra month.]]* {{Scandalgate}}: During his report, Kent Brockman said he suggested that the name of the media event covering Freddy Quimby's trial should be "Waitergate" instead of "Beat-Up Waiter", but he was howled down at the press club.* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Mayor Quimby bribed witnesses to help his nephew's case. They were given money while on the stand.* ShamefulSourceOfKnowledge: Bart can't testify without revealing that he skipped school.* ShoutOut: Skinner's NonGivingUpSchoolGuy moment is a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Westworld}}'' where a robot does the same walking through a river trick.** Bart hears Homers thoughts, which at that moment happens to be the Meow Mix jingle.** Skinner imitates part of the opening sequence from ''Series/TheOddCouple'', and even notes it, until Homer yells at him to shut up.** Bart's daydream is of course a reference to ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn''.* SkewedPriorities: -->'''Chief Wiggum:''' Oh my god...somebody's taken a bite out of the giant Rice Krispies square! ...Oh, and the waiter's been brutally beaten. Heh... * SpecialGuest: Creator/PhilHartman as Lionel Hutz.* StealingFromTheHotel: Homer takes "souvenirs" from the hotel room where he's being sequestered, including the table at one point. At the end he has put ''all'' of the room's funishings into his bedroom.* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial:-->'''Marge:''' ''(reading the paper)'' Mmm. It says Freddy Quimby beat a waiter half to death! Those Quimby children are so wild and rich, I hope he finally gets what's coming to him.\\'''Bart:''' But Freddy Quimby's innocent!\\'''Lisa:''' How do you know? There weren't any witnesses.\\'''Bart:''' Heh, oh yeah, right.\\'''Lisa:''' You'd think someone would have seen something at a crowded party like that.\\'''Bart:''' Well they didn't, OK? They didn't. It says right here in black and white, "No witnesses." Case closed. ''(grabs paper)'' Now let's all read the funnies. ''(reads)'' Oh look: [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] said "good grief". Hah. I didn't see ''that'' coming. ''(forced laughter)''* TakeThat: Bart and Chief Wiggum criticize Ranier Wolfcastle for his latest movie, which is obviously meant to be ''Film/LastActionHero''. "Magic ticket, my ass."* TemptingFate: When Bart compares going to school to being in prison, Lisa scoffs at the comparison. Then Otto drives up on a prison bus because the regular school bus is being repaired.** Lisa talks about Freddy Quimby being judged by a fair, impartial jury, just as Homer gets his jury summons and plans to convict Freddy just for having to serve.* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Based on a comment by Kent Brockman in this episode, it's in a state where it's illegal to broadcast trials.----